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Courses (17)

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Substance Use Disorders Counselor Certificate

Subject Area: Behavioral Health→Substance Use Disorders
Take your career to the next level by earning a Wisconsin Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) Counselor license. The UW Flexible Option SUDS Counselor Certificate offers a fully online option for fulfilling the required specialized educational hours. Register any time for six months of course access.
Upcoming Dates
  • July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025
    $2,250
    Self-paced

Personality Disorders: Comprehensive Review of Assessment and Management

Subject Area: Behavioral Health→Mental Health
In this 10-hour fully asynchronous course, learn a simple approach for distinguishing the 10 personality disorders: the notion that each disorder has a unique agenda that is repeated over and over again. This knowledge can help you recognize what is happening in the client's world. You also learn about attachment and attachment patterns.
Upcoming Dates
  • July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025
    $299
    Self-paced

Good Mental Health Podcast Series with Psychiatrist David Mays

Subject Area: Behavioral Health→Mental Health
This new 10-hour podcast series with instructor David Mays is designed to deepen your understanding of issues that can support mental well-being for both you and your clients/patients. Listen to seven interesting and informative podcasts anywhere, anytime. topics include music, sleep, aging, humor and more.
Upcoming Dates
  • July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025
    $229
    Self-paced

Advancing Motivational Interviewing

Subject Area: Behavioral Health→Motivational Interviewing
This 20-hour blended (online and live Zoom sessions) course with instructors Laura Saunders and Melody Cole is for learners who want to strengthen their existing MI skillset. Develop strong skills and outline an implementation plan. Not sure which course is right for you? Check out our MI info page.
Upcoming Dates
  • March 4, 2025–May 6, 2025
    Registration fee includes two practice sessions with a standardized client with instructor feedback and access to Canvas, an online learning management system. The course workbook is not included in the fee. Please see the summary on details on where the text can be purchased. $625.00
    Live online

Building Motivational Interviewing Competency Certificate

Subject Area: Behavioral Health→Motivational Interviewing
This 38-hour blended (online and live Zoom sessions) course with instructors Laura Saunders and Adrienne Allen is for participants wanting to learn or relearn the knowledge and skills necessary to reach MI proficiency. Not sure which MI course is right for you? Check out our MI information page.
Upcoming Dates
  • March 11, 2025–May 13, 2025
    $1,299 The registration fee includes two practice sessions with a simulated client and instructor feedback and access to Canvas, an online learner management system. The course workbook is not included in the fee. Please see the summary for details on where the text can be purchased.
    Live online

Grief Support Specialist Certificate

Subject Area: Behavioral Health→Grief and Loss
This one-of-a-kind, 40-hour, online certificate with instructor Erica Srinivasan targets helping professionals, funeral home directors, clergy, peer educators and others. It provides knowledge and skills to create/enhance a professional specialty to support people who have suffered a major loss.
Upcoming Dates
  • March 12, 2025–May 2, 2025
    $1,249 through February 26; $1,449 after
    Group-paced
  • Oct. 15, 2025–Dec. 5, 2025
    $1,249 through September 29; $1,449 after
    Group-paced

Mindfulness for Clinicians: An 8-Week Intensive Course

Subject Area: Behavioral Health→Mental Health
This intensive, 20-hour blended course (8 weekly live webinars plus self-study) with instructor Mare Chapman is for clinicians who want to incorporate mindfulness into both their lives and practice. Learn to be more present in your work and develop confidence in applying mindfulness with clients.
Upcoming Dates
  • March 27, 2025–May 15, 2025
    $479 through March 14; $525 after
    Live online

Seriously Playful (Re)discovering the Power of Playfulness

This 3-hour webinar with instructor Casey Meehan prompts adopting a lighter approach during challenging times. Rediscover your innate playfulness, understand why it's important and learn how to incorporate a bit more of it into your life and work!
Upcoming Dates
  • May 7–21, 2025
    $95
    Live online

Great Lakes Motivational Interviewing Conference

Subject Area: Behavioral Health→Mental Health
Plan to gather on the beautiful University of Wisconsin Madison campus to learn more about the evidence-based practice of motivational interviewing, hone your current skills and network with others | Audience: Helping professionals, student affairs staff, correctional workers, managers, others.
Upcoming Dates
  • Aug. 6–8, 2025
    $400.00
    In-person

University of Wisconsin Certified Professional Coach

Subject Area: Professional Coaching Education
Do you seek to guide, inspire, and empower others to reach their potential and get real results? The UW Certified Professional Coach certificate program is an International Coaching Federation (ICF) Level 2 program that prepares you to be an Associate Certified (ACC) or Professional Certified Coach (PCC), depending on number of client experience hours you have accrued.  
Upcoming Dates
  • Not scheduled at this time. See page for program description.

Integrating an Ecotherapy and Climate-Conscious Approach into Your Mental Health Work

Subject Area: Behavioral Health→Grief and Loss
This new three-hour live webinar with instructor Thomas Doherty will help clinicians explore their own environmental identity, discover ways to adapt existing therapeutic orientation, and identify opportunities to apply these interventions in practice with diverse individuals and groups.
Upcoming Dates
  • Not scheduled at this time. See page for program description.

Dementia: Exploring Grief and Loss

Subject Area: Behavioral Health→Grief and Loss
This two-hour live webinar with instructor Erica Srinivasan targets helping professionals working with an aging population. It explores the grief of the person with dementia and their caregivers. You'll gain both an understanding of grief and effective strategies that are uniquely associated with dementia.
Upcoming Dates
  • Not scheduled at this time. See page for program description.